When a new writer/editor/maintainer/coordinator joins the Localization Project, we ask that he/she introduces themselves on the [[MailTo(fedora DASH trans DASH list AT redhat DOT com)] mailing list. To sign up for the list, visit the fedora-trans-list signup page . The primary purpose of this is to begin the process of building trust by learning about the translator, and downloading their GPG key.

The purpose of all this is to break anonymity and foster real-world community within the project. You are under no obligation to reveal personal secrets. The objective is to establish a level of trust with yourself and the other members of the project. Then tell us what you would want to know about yourself. :-)

Following is an example of how such an email could look like.

A sample structure

Subject

Self-Introduction: Your Name Here

Body

Full legal name (as you use it is fine)

City, Country; you may use your timezone if you have a compelling reason not to specify your city or country

Profession or Student status

Company, School, or other affiliation

You and the Fedora Project

What other projects would you be interesting in working with? (Docs, Websites, etc)

Anything else you'd like to do?

Comments, Suggestions about the L10N project

Historical qualifications

What other projects or translations have you worked on in the past?

What level and type of computer skills do you have?

What other skills do you have that might be applicable? User interface design, other so-called soft skills (people skills), programming, etc.

GPG KEYID and fingerprint

See DocsProject/UsingGpg/CreatingKeys for help and instructions if you don't have a GPG key.

Be sure that your GPG key is uploaded to pgp.mit.edu. Use "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --send-key KEYID".

Your GPG fingerprint is 40 hexadecimal characters long, while your KEYID is the last 8 digits.

Below is an example of a block of text suitable for cut & paste into your self-introduction e-mail.